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Professor of Sustainability at Azim Premji University, and author of Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present and Future.

We need aggressive action on a war-footing to plant trees, and restore urban water bodies, to combat these effects across all Indian cities.

Cry for greenery: Urban heat islands could sap us

Life in cities could get more stressful as burgeoning heat islands are driving mercury levels upward even at night.

26 Jun 2017 4:18 AM IST

Guest Column: Restoring wetlands, citizen science the solution for...

Ulsoor lake could become a model of sustainable treatment for other lakes in the city to follow.

5 April 2017 6:43 AM IST

All hope will be lost for tree-loving Bengalureans should the state have its way in felling 112 trees to widen Jayamahal Road.

Saving trees in the city is not stalling development'

A world without trees is a world devoid of imagination.

8 Feb 2017 3:48 AM IST

Officials are no longer planting edible species such as drumstick in inner city lanes, or larger fruiting trees such as tamarind and mango on large streets.

Food supply: Urban gardens alert

Many residents of some of our biggest cities are trying to grow their own food.

22 Jan 2017 1:28 AM IST

Indian cities have the dubious distinction of being amongst the most polluted in the world.

Sprawl fact: Our cities need to be ecologically smart

Largely supplied by ground-water, all of India's big cities are running dry at a very quick pace.

21 Aug 2016 1:43 AM IST